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Pilots, attached to the "Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213, conduct pre-checks on an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), March 20, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Darien G. Kenney)
| Date Taken: | 03.20.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 03.23.2023 09:14 |
| Photo ID: | 7696358 |
| VIRIN: | 230320-N-NU634-0194 |
| Resolution: | 4273x2844 |
| Size: | 1.29 MB |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 110 |
| Downloads: | 9 |
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